Re: about debian installation on gpt and mbr hard drive

2020-03-11 Thread deloptes
Hi, I just did my first UEFI few weeks ago. I had it on the list for coupel of years already, but only recently had the time to do it. Here I share my notes and experience briefly. kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends! > I don't know you, so friend in my language is a bit too much, but good fellow is

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2020-03-11 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-03-11 14:55, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > Mine USED to > boot FINE, **NO** PROBLEMS, with something likely similarly different > per each of us as users with our hardware. I booted Buster and > Bullseye a few times.. > > THEN, WHAM, everything permanently went to pot on the first reboot > aft

Re: about debian installation on gpt and mbr hard drive

2020-03-11 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-03-11 11:59, kaye n wrote: Hello Friends! Can someone please confirm to me once and for all if I'm correct with these assumptions regarding debian installation on hard drives: 1. If the hdd has an MBR partition style, that hdd needs to have a FAT32 partition, flagged as esp and with mo

Re: about debian installation on gpt and mbr hard drive

2020-03-11 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 3/11/20, Linux-Fan wrote: > kaye n writes: > >> Hello Friends! >> >> Can someone please confirm to me once and for all if I'm correct with >> these >> assumptions regarding debian installation on hard drives: >> > > In case a FAT32 partition is needed for booting (see further below), it > needs

Re: about debian installation on gpt and mbr hard drive

2020-03-11 Thread Linux-Fan
kaye n writes: Hello Friends! Can someone please confirm to me once and for all if I'm correct with these assumptions regarding debian installation on hard drives: 1.  If the hdd has an MBR partition style, that hdd needs to have a FAT32 partition, flagged as esp and with mount point at /